“Good Company” is a sweeter novel, gentler all around, though the stakes are higher than the disappointments of a few middle-aged leeches. ADAlso, “The Nest” is very much a novel about living in New York, while “Good Company” is about having left it behind for Los Angeles. For most readers, though, “Good Company” will resonate as a story about those rare choices that define life by cleanly dividing it into Before and After. In the opening pages of “Good Company,” Flora is looking for an old photo that captures a cherished summer back in Upstate New York. Suddenly, she felt she was hovering in the confluence of her old theater colleagues’ pity and envy.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 16:41 UTC